- Speed skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics - Men's 500 metres
The 500
metre sspeed skating event was part of thespeed skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Thursday,February 4 ,1932 .Sixteen speed skaters from four nations competed.
Like all other speed skating events at this Olympics the competition was held for the only time in packstyle format, having all competitors skate at the same time. This was the common style in North America and gave the runners from the
United States andCanada a major advantage over the European rivals.Medalists
Heat 2
References
* [http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1932/1932w.pdf Official Olympic Report]
* Pl icon
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.